Chapter XXXIX: Artillery

If in the case of the Black Reef Village Pirates and Denton, Becker can be regarded as seeing the down-and-out side of the pirates in this world as lost dogs, then now, he can be regarded as seeing the unscrupulous side of the pirates in this world. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The pirate leader recruited a few more down-and-out sailors at the tavern, and then led his pirate minions and Becker out of the tavern towards the docks, and before leaving the bar, he instructed his men to take a few barrels of wine from the barkeeper.

Becker carried a barrel of wine and followed the group of pirates who were talking and laughing loudly, and he had learned from several conversations that the pirate leader was named "Lacey", the deputy captain of the pirates.

The once noisy and lively docks were now a little quieter, and Becker could see that the docks were full of vicious pirates, and the rest of the crew, porters, merchants, and other civilians were almost all gone.

There are not many ships on the docks of this town, but now there are pirates, some smart ship owners have already anchored and run away when they saw the shadow of the pirates, only one unlucky large merchant ship because of too many people and goods, the anchor speed is too slow, and the ship of the Redbeard Pirates is directly blocked at the dock, although the Redbeard and his gang are not here for robbery this time, but in this case, they can only unceremoniously laugh at the merchant ship and the cargo.

Beside the wide dock were two large ships, one was a large multi-masted sailing merchant ship with a distinctive curved stern resembling a Carrak sailboat, which Becker observed had a deep draft and appeared to be loaded with a lot of cargo, and the other was a blatant three-masted galleon with a pirate flag that was clearly a battleship of the Redbeard Pirates. Becker carefully looked at this pirate ship that he might stay for a long time next, the length of the ship was nearly thirty meters, the widest part of the upper deck was nearly one-third of the length of the ship, the towering bow and stern deck made it easy for the two ships to board the enemy ship when they wanted to connect, the ship's building and side guns were mostly early cannons, this kind of artillery was powerful, but the range was short, the draft part of the ship was very sharp, and the speed should be fast, Becker guessed from the ship type and gun style that the fighting style of the Redbeard Pirates should be based on close-range broadside battles, and control enemy ships through broadside battles, This makes it possible to capture enemy ships without damaging the ship itself and its cargo.

A group of pirates drank and laughed unscrupulously at the docks, unextinguished cigarette butts, food scraps, wine bottles and other garbage were thrown everywhere, because the crew and merchants were in a hurry to leave, and some goods were thrown on the docks before they had time to be taken away.

Some of the old pirates got together, pointing at some of the newly recruited crew members, not knowing what they were talking about, occasionally letting out a loud laugh, Becker didn't have a chance to observe the pirates on the dock in more detail, so he was instructed by the deputy captain Lacey to carry the wine to the pirate ship, the pirates seemed to have enough people here, the bow of the ship suddenly made a cannon sound, startling Becker, and the other pirates got on the ship one after another after hearing the cannon sound, and some pirates boarded another merchant ship under the command of Lacey.

Some pirates with good skills even jumped up from the dock without using a gangplank, jumped onto the ship's gangplank, and then climbed onto the deck like an ape, pointing at their companions who were still walking on the gangplank.

Becker took the opportunity to look around, and there were several long objects on the deck covered with tarpaulin, which, judging by the shape and the notches in the guards, thought they were probably guns, and there were many ropes on the deck, and on either side there were some hatches leading to the lower deck, and on the other side of the hull hung a small wooden boat.

Becker didn't dare to move around, and his observation was not careful and comprehensive, he stood with more than a dozen other rookie pirates, some of whom were recruited by Lacey in the tavern, and other pirates recruited at the docks, and the rookies waited for a while, and then saw the deputy captain Lacey came over with some old pirates who were full of fierce breath after getting on the ship.

The pirates don't have any recruit companies and other units to train rookie pirates, but fortunately, the new crew members recruited are basically either fishermen or sailors, although they have little experience as pirates, but they all know some skills in manipulating ships, and Lacey directly asked the old pirates behind him to take a new pirate to familiarize themselves with the situation on the ship.

Becker, who has experience in job hunting, deliberately pointed out his two strengths of navigation and swordsmanship in the tavern, and showed his swordsmanship in the tavern to deepen the impression of the leader, originally expected Lacey to focus on his arrangement, and I don't know if Lacey forgot or didn't pay much attention to it, like everyone else, Becker was also randomly arranged under an old pirate.

Becker could only secretly slander to himself, pirates are pirates, and until now Becker and other new crew members have not seen the captain of the pirates "Redbeard" Barbarossa, if he is the captain, he must be the first time to see the recruits use means to deepen their authority and weaken the influence of the deputy captain in charge of recruiting to the recruits.

Becker followed the old pirate to help hoist the sails and anchor, and saw from afar that the docks were swept away by a whirlwind.

Although his sailing experience in his previous life was basically equal to zero, when his current body knew a lot of sailing knowledge, he would not be completely clueless when he worked.

The old pirate who followed him was quite rude in words and deeds, but he was still good at talking, and Becker was a human spirit, flattering and chatting for a while, and the two talked and laughed, and Becker also knew the old pirate's name - Hutcherson.

Hutcherson also had a newly assigned pirate, one of a group of pirates recruited from the previous town, dark and thin, with deep-set eyes, purple lips, and a tuberculosis who looked like a tuberculosis ghost, about the same age as Becker, only eighteen years old, but who looked as if he was thirty years old.

This guy named "Ah Jin" doesn't seem to be very talkative, and after introducing his name, he bows his head and works silently, seemingly without any desire to communicate with Becker.

Becker continued to do his work unappreciatively, and after a while he heard the excited roars of some old pirates, and Hutcherson, who was beside him, also stood up straight and laughed, looking very excited.

Becker turned his head to look around, and the pirate ship was gone.

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The discipline on a pirate ship is not as strict as in the barracks, and Hutcherson is not the one who can take care of the new crew members like a nanny all the time, so he explained some of the ship's iron rules to Becker, and then left Becker to find the other old pirates.

Becker wrote down Hutcherson's words carefully, although the pirate ship seems to be relaxed, but some disciplines are still not violable, most of these disciplines are related to the safety of the fleet, many of them come from the experience passed down from generation to generation, and also from the personal preferences of the captain, the consequences of violating the law can be very serious, there is no lawyer and jury on the pirate ship, and there is no legendary humanitarian brilliance, Becker knows that the consequences of breaking the iron law must be serious.

Becker has long wanted to talk to the gunners on the deck around the artillery, and when he had the opportunity, he swayed to the side of several gunners on the deck, even if the personal force of this world is far greater than the previous life, but for naval warfare, artillery is still a very important weapon, and the gunner is also an important member of the ship, of course Becker has to make friends, not to mention that every man may have a little love for artillery in his heart, and Becker is no exception.